Sweeping broom or brush.



Patented Dec. I6, |902. 1 D. W. WINSTANLEY.

- SWEEPING BROOM 0R BRUSH.

(Application filed Apr. 21, 1902 (No Model.)

ATENT FFICE.

DAVID iWATTS WINSTANLEY, OF EGREMONT, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALE TO` WALTER HENRY TRAVERS, OF SEACOMBE, ENGLAND.

SWEEPING BROOlVl OR BRUSH.

sPEoiFrCATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,161, dated December 16, 1902.

Application 'lled April 2l., 1902.

To all whom) it may concern:

Be it known*` that I, DAVID WATTS WIN- STANLEY, a subject of the King of England, and a resident of Egremont, in the county of Chester, England, have invented new ,and useful Improvements in Sweeping Brooms or Brushes, of which the following is a specification. Y. 1

This invention has reference to brooms or to brushes for sweeping surfaces, such as road.

or streetjand similar surfaces; but it is also` applicable to other .sweeping brushes or brooms having handles operated by both hands in a similar manner to similar sweepr 5 ing-brooms.

This invention has for its object and effect to provide improvements in connection with brooms or brushes ofthe kind referred to by which their useful life is prolonged and 2o their eicient action is retained throughout their useful conditionthat is, both at commencement of use and after they have worn down a great deal-while at the same time the brush is more effective in its action and is easily used.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which show two modificai tions according Vto this invention.

lIn the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva- 3o tion, and Fig. 2 is an end view, of one modiication; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation, and Fig.4= an end view, showing another modification.

According to this invention, between the handle and thehead of thebrush, a spring or springs is or are introduced, which when the brush is pressed on the ground or surface, and pushed forward,.allows it to move inwardtoward the sweeper, and then afterward when 4o lifted off the grund, springs back to its normai position.

Referring to the drawings, d represents the wooden head, and b the bristles, of an ordinary road or street or like sweeping-broom.

c represents two inclined sockets, in one of which the brush handle d is introduced.

These sockets c are oppositely arranged and Serial No. 104,002. (No model.)

connected with the head a of the broom bya plate or bar e, which fits in a groove or recess fin the head.`

ln the construction shown in Figs.. l and 2 the part eis of considerable depth, andi is made in the form of a thin sheet-plate of steel, which constitutes a flat spring, whereby when the broom is pressed onto the surface and pushed before the sweeper spring or elasticity is imparted to the broom .and when raised from the surface it swings the broom to its normal position again. In this `case the handle-carrier is secu red in the broom by driving 6o the plate-spring e down into the wooden head 0,.

When the broom is worn somewhat and the bristles at one edge are longer than the other, the handle can be taken out of one socket c and placed in the other, thereby reversing the position of the broom, with the result that the unevenness is worn off, and when it becomes uneven in the new position the handle may be again reversed, and so on by re- 7o versing the position of the broom in relation to the handle the bristles receive their strain in opposite directions-irst in one direction and then in the otherwith the effect that their useful life is prolonged while the amount oflabor is reduced.

As regards the construction shown in Figs.

3 and 4t, in this case the bar eX is shorter, and the sockets c lie nearer the head ct of the broom, the bar e resting in a groove f, in 8o` rwhich it is free to have a certain amount of driven into the Wood broom-header and to which the lower end of the springs are attached.

It is to be stated that the invention is not restricted to the particular form of spring or springs described and set forth with reference to the drawings, nor to the particular mode of connecting the socket portion with the broomhead.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a sweeping-brush head ct,'With the metal sockets c, a spring disposed between said sockets, and the broom-head, and a bar e connected with the end of the sockets c, and bearing on the upper surface 1o of the head a, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID WATTS WIN STANLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. WALKER, LEONARD GRAWLEY. 

